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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.800 [SLACK_001014] · slack_pm:msg:08311

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Date
2021-05-13 14:49
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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Angie asked me about writing a letter too - I think we should definitely do it... (with her and others)

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  1. 2021-05-13 14:28 Andrew Rambaut open
    Yeah - the modellers are so sure. But it just seems wrong to expect there is a simple mutational path to 3-fold more transmissibility over Wuhan (the figure mentioned today) and it didn't happen before now.
  2. 2021-05-13 14:28 Andrew Rambaut open
    I can't believe someone can say 300% more transmissible and not just pause.
  3. 2021-05-13 14:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Well, Oli and Nuno said 220% more transmissible for P.1, so there's that :wink:. But I agree - I think we have to be very very careful lot to over interpret the data, which is much too easy to do. But ifwe're saying that SARS-CoV-2 now has an R0 of ~8-9 and no longer ~2.5 then, well shit...
  4. 2021-05-13 14:32 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Somebody on Twitter got it. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-13 at 2.28.55 PM.png]
  5. 2021-05-13 14:49 Kristian G. Andersen
    Angie asked me about writing a letter too - I think we should definitely do it... (with her and others)
  6. 2021-05-13 14:49 Andrew Rambaut open
    @Kristian Andersen No - not more transmissible (IRRC) - just that it was transmitting faster (in the environment itwas in).
  7. 2021-05-13 14:49 Andrew Rambaut open
    Oli might join it - he liked the snippet I sent him.
  8. 2021-05-13 14:50 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Kristian Andersen Hmmm, that was not how I read it (I remember them looking at those separately by splitting out immune evasion and inherent transmission - but I need to look again).
  9. 2021-05-13 14:51 Kristian G. Andersen open
    It'd be great to have Oli on. Aris too? Do you know him? He seems very insightful.

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